Thill-tug



, (No Model.)

A. I. BRUNDAGE.

THILL TUG.

Patented Sept. 4, 1894'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED I. BRUNDAGE, OF BELMONT, NEW YORK.

THlLL-TUG. V

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 525,48 5, datedSeptember 4, 1894. pp at fi January 20, 1894. Serial No. 497.568. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED I. BRUNDAGE, a resident of Belmont, Alleganycounty, in the State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulTugAttachment for Harness, of which the followingis aspecification,reference being had to the appended drawings.

This invention is designed to provide an improvement in that class oftug attachments which are connected with the hold -.back straps, bywhich they can be readily applied to an ordinary tug and fit anyordinary shaft,

and to these ends the invention consists in the improvements hereinaftermore particularly described and then definitely claimed. In theaccompanying drawingsFigure l is a front elevation of a thill and my tugattachment in position for use. Fig. 2 is an elevation of my tugattachment separate. Fig. 3 is a side view of my attachment fitted Fig.4 is a plan of my attachment. Fig. 5 is a plan of the blank from whichmy attachment is formed. 7

Referring now to the details of the draw ings by letter-A represents aloop which receives the ordinary hold-back strap F and is formedintegral with the ring D asshown in Fig. 5. Besides'this loop there aretwo loops B C on opposite sides of the ring. I prefer to cast myattachment in the form shown in Fig. 5 in metal that may be easily bent,such as malleable cast iron or brass, so that they can afterward be bentinto the shape they are to retain-when finished. By this construction Ican fit my tug attachment to any ordinary sized shaft by opening orclosing the ring according to the size of the shaft, and can secure itto any tug alreadyin use without sewing or riveting, by simply bendingthe body of the attachment to form an open oval ring as clearly shown inFig. 3, setting the same inside an ordinary tug as there indicated, andthen bending the arms B and C, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to form loopsto clasp the leather of the tug. My attachment may also be castsubstantially in the form shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, and the leatherpart passed through the loops, or the loops may be left slightly opensoas to allow-the leather to be slipped in sidewise before the loops arefinally closed.

What I claim as new is,

A blank for a tug attachment, comprising a loop A, a body part D adaptedto form a ring to receivea thill, and the arms B 0 extending from theside of the part D and arranged to form loops adapted to close upon acomplete tug, substantially as described.

7 ALFRED I. BRUNDAGE. Witnesses:

FRED. A. BRUNDAGE, ALFRED L. BENJAMIN.

